Apology Blog — blog

Ignatius of Antioch is a central figure in my story of faith, so I thought I'd make a shirt to encapsulate a bit of his story.  But first... Years ago, I was occasionally asked to lead Sunday and Wednesday night classes at our small, rural church.  Growing up in such an environment was wonderful, but we had no teaching in theology or Christian history.  The general idea was to take the bible and apply it to our lives.   That's great as far as it goes, but I loved history, and where things come from was important to me, so...

Psalm 8 is short enough to include the whole text here, so let's read it: 1O LORD, our Lord,how majestic is your name in all the earth!You have set your glory above the heavens.2Out of the mouth of babies and infants,you have established strength because of your foes,to still the enemy and the avenger. 3When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,4what is man that you are mindful of him,and the son of man that you care for him? 5Yet you have made him a little lower...